Senior Aquatic Ecologist

About the role

Onterris is seeking a Senior Aquatic Ecologist Consultant to join its Ecology team in Brisbane. You will lead multidisciplinary projects, manage client relationships, and provide strategic technical advice on aquatic ecology matters.

Key responsibilities

• Lead multidisciplinary project teams to deliver high‑quality environmental outcomes.
• Manage project scope, budgets, schedules and commercial performance.
• Prepare technical reports, environmental impact assessments, monitoring reports and client proposals.
• Mentor, supervise and develop junior staff members.

Required profile

• 5–10 years of experience in aquatic ecology.
• Tertiary qualification in aquatic ecology, environmental science or related discipline.
• Professional accreditation (e.g., AUSRIVAS, electrofishing) is highly regarded.
• Strong understanding of Commonwealth, State and local environmental legislation in Queensland.
• Current Australian driver’s licence and willingness to undertake fieldwork, including travel to remote locations.

Required skills

• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel for data analysis.
• Experience using GIS platforms.
• Ability to apply statistical analysis tools to ecological and water‑quality datasets.